GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |